PBKA
Sign in to savePBKA is a high-speed trainset, built by the French manufacturer Alstom (then known as GEC-Alsthom) for international services operated by Thalys, which later merged with Eurostar. The designation "PBKA" refers to the original planned routes linking Paris, Brussels, Cologne (Köln), and Amsterdam.
Key facts
- EMU.background
- 800000
- EMU.name
- PBKA
- EMU.image
- Thalys-Eilendorf2.jpg
- EMU.caption
- PBKA at Eilendorf.
- EMU.interiorimage
- Interieur Comfort 1.jpg
- EMU.interiorcaption
- Interior of Comfort (1st class) coach.
- EMU.stocktype
- Electric multiple unit
- EMU.service
- 1998–present
- EMU.manufacturer
- GEC-Alsthom
- EMU.family
- TGV
- EMU.yearconstruction
- 1995–1998
- EMU.numberbuilt
- 17 trainsets
- EMU.formation
- 2 power cars + 8 passenger cars
- EMU.capacity
- 404 seats (120 1st class, 284 2nd class including tip up seats)Ruby: 401 seats
- EMU.operator
- Eurostar
- EMU.traction
- GEC-Alsthom thyristor-CSI
- EMU.traction motors
- GEC-Alsthom SM 47(a.k.a. Holec SMT67/39.5-06)
- EMU.collectionmethod
- Pantograph
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PBKA is a high-speed trainset, built by the French manufacturer Alstom (then known as GEC-Alsthom) for international services operated by Thalys, which later merged with Eurostar. The designation "PBKA" refers to the original planned routes linking Paris, Brussels, Cologne (Köln), and Amsterdam.
The PBKA belongs to the TGV family of trainsets and was designed to operate across multiple national railway networks. Each unit is equipped to run under four electrification systems: (France), (Belgium), (the Netherlands and parts of France), and (Germany).
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